Program evaluation to aid choice of Aripiprazole or Risperidone for hospitalized adolescents with cannabis use disorder and psychosis
Co-occurring cannabis use and psychosis is an increasing problem. No single behavioral or pharmacologic treatment has emerged as clearly superior. To address the gap, this nonrandomized, quality improvement project compares outcomes for adolescents with co-occurring...
Marijuana’s health, policy impacts on Colorado and North Carolina
Dr. Christian Thurstone recently spoke with the Triangle Christian Medical and Dental Associations about marijuana’s impacts on health and public policy, and he provides an overview of the details of a “medical marijuana” initiative being pushed by...
Recommended reading: Jesus and Mary Jane
My wife and I are always honored when someone seeks our help with the treatment of addiction and mental health. The call we received from Charlie Granade, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Rogue River, Ore., was certainly no exception. He and the Rev. Barnabas...
Vaping victim: ‘We’re going to end up on oxygen in our 20s and 30s’
Dr. Christian Thurstone, director of Behavioral Health Services at Denver Health and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, recently told ABC Channel 7 in Denver he knows why teens and young adults get hooked on vaping. It’s the...
Record-breaking level of 12th graders say they’re more likely to use legal marijuana
Marijuana use is up in the last year among American middle-school and high-school students, and legalizing the drug likely would mean many more underage marijuana users, according to Monitoring the Future, one of the United States’ largest studies of...Read the book
Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. This book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction.